Ruschia congesta (Salm-dyck) L.Bolus

Erecta rigida; rami 14-25 cm longi vel ultra, 5 mm diam., internodiis saepe 2-2.5 cm longis; folia erecta vel suberecta, supra plana, dorso rotundata vel leviter compressa obtuseque carinata, lat. visa prope apicem tantum leviter angustata abrupte oblique acuta, levia glauca, ad 3.6 cm longa cum vagina tumida,' impresse lineata, 5 mm longa; cyma terminalis copiose ramosa, congesta' 5-6 cm longa, ad 7 cm diam., pedunculo ad 3 cm. longo, ultimis saepius 8-10 mm longis, teretibus, apice saepe leviter constrictis; receptaculum globose turbinatum, minute tuberculatum, 3-3.5 mm longum, 5-6 mm diam.; sepala 5, exteriora superne compressa, 5-6 mm longa, basi 3-4 mm lata; petala 2-3-seriata, interiora pauca, obtusa vel emarginata, inferne leviter angustata, purpureo rosea, obscure vittata, ad 8 mm longa, ad 1 mm lata; staminodia nulla vel subnulla; stamina conice collecta, parum infra medium constricta, mox subdiffusa, fila mentis inferne pallide roseis, superne purpureo roseis, exterioribus inferne dense, interioribus medio vel supra, papillatis, ad 6 mm longis, antheris pollineque albidis vel pallidissime brunneis; discus crenulatus vel denticulatus; ovarium abrupte e margine demum ad 1 mm elevatum, lobis dorso complanatis; stigmata 5, subulata, inferne angustata, caudata, demum ad 4 mm longa; capsula turbinata, ad 8 mm longa, ad 7 mm diam., suturis leviter compressis.